From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 135Zfw-0000Ig-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 21:03:40 +0100 Received: from web5303.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.112]) by infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 135Zfu-0000IZ-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 21:03:38 +0100 Message-ID: <20000623200502.17301.qmail@web5303.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 16:05:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Juan Gonzo Subject: newbie trying to figure out MTD To: MTD Mailing List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: I have little experience with the internals of Linux, but I have been tasked with getting FTL to work with an embedded Linux system. The setup is as follows: o Embedded Linux platform o Ext2 filesystem o Intel Strataflash o System can currently boot using a ram disk and Ext2 My plan of attack was this: 1. Boot target with ram disk. 2. Install the mtd module(s). 3. Create an Ext2 filesystem with 'mkfs -t ext2 /dev/ftl' or something to that effect. 4. Populate the flash disk with the neccessary files 5. Make the ftl device the root device. Obviously these are *very* high level steps. Anyways, you might be thinking "This guy doesn't know what he is talking about." and I am almost inclined to agree. Could someone comment on what I am trying to accomplish vs. what I am doing? Or perhaps some general instructions on how I should use MTD? I have read the MTD docs and have looked through the mailing list archives, but a lot of that is more specific info than I need right now. My thanks to any one that helps. -- kelly _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org